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This looks like a regular juvenile redtail hawk? (1 Viewer)

NatureLvrCanada said:
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Someone had seen this same redtail hawk and was wondering if it was maybe a juvenile Kriders variety. It looks like a regular juvenile redtail hawk to me. Don't Krider's have even paler heads?
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Can't answer your question about Kriders as I'm not the most knowledgeable, but I certainly enjoy photographing raptors when I can. I can post some pictures for comparison of a Juvenile Redtail that I took in October 2004 at a park in Richmond, VA, while walking through the park I found him having lunch under one of the large trees.
Clyde
 

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As you note, it is likely a juvenile eastern Red-tailed Hawk. It is not unusually white headed when compared with any pictures of juvenile "Krider's" RTH's shown in Wheeler's books. The "Krider's" is the pale morph of the eastern RTH and it is very rarely seen much east of Nashville, Tennessee per Wheeler's range maps. It mainly winters along the Mississippi River Basin but has been seen in Ontario.

You can find more info on them in the bird forum thread below. Comment # 4 therein has 3 good links in it on them.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=184616

Bob
 
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